Technologies | Office of Technology Licensing

Available Technologies by Category
Incorporation of Phase Change Materials into Fibers	Improved thermally modulated fibers with high mass loading Implementing a heat/sink source directly into the fiber next to the sorbent material Enhanced pressure swing adsorption processes	7459
Increasing Medium-Chain Fatty Acid (MCFA) Yield in Bacterial Host with Engineered Enzyme	High performance: Increases the yield of MCFAs during chemical and biopolymer synthesis Enabling: Improves the microbial production of chemicals that require the expression of heterologous enzymes Adaptable: Potentially applies to methods of engineering other heterologous enzymes to interact with endogenous proteins in order to produce molecules of interest in a bacterial host	7595
Increasing WiFi VoIP Call Capacity	Supports many calls per access points	4036
Infrared-Emitting Quantum Dots	Robust – more stable than current quantum dots Tunable – optical properties are tunable based on size, structure, and composition of the quantum dots Efficient IR-emission – allows for enhanced display definition and multi-band IR scene projection	7893
Injection Device for Eye Disease	Safer: Simplifies delivery and lowers the risk of complications Easier: Device can be operated by a non-surgically trained individual using only a single hand Increased Bio-availability: Less drug needed due to injection efficiency	7193
Inkjet Printed Multi-Layer mm-Wave Antennas and Passive Components	New manufacturing inkjet printing process to create massively scalable 2D and 3D antennas and passive components allows for rapid fabrication and low costs. The novel innovation is both flexible and portable, enabling on-demand customization with minimal additional costs. The ink manufacturing process has extensive applications from printed RF capacitators and inductors to smart cities, wearables, and skins.	6332
Inkjet Printed Reflect Array with Van-Atta Operation	Low cost Fully inkjet-printed Flexible	7140
Inline manipulation of cells and cell clusters	This extracorporeal circulation system enriches CTC clusters from large blood volumes, enabling detailed longitudinal screening and analysis of metastasis. The prototype improves detection rates and facilitates continuous monitoring and in vitro analysis of CTC clusters, aiding early cancer detection and treatment. It supports in-line dialysis systems for pathogenic cells, enhances cancer diagnosis, and provides research tools for studying tumor biology and developing treatments.	9125
Innovative Draw-based Fabrication of Patterned Structures Beyond Prismatic Geometries	Innovative: Pioneers a new method, expanding the applications of drawing lithography for shapes other than sharp point geometry Straightforward: Introduces a simpler procedure that, unlike photolithography, does not require a cleanroom or ultraviolet (UV) curing, making it viable for continuous manufacturing Flexible: Includes parameters that can be tuned to produce patterns of different sizes and shapes	8329
Innovative Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Open-Air Assembly	Protective: Potentially helps protect the technician against contact with ionic hazards Rapid: Separates ions through fast detection of differences in their mass, charge, and cross-section Convenient: Leverages an open-air arrangement that significantly reduces time for experiment setup and sample preparation	4885
Instrumented Ankle-foot Orthosis	User friendly – fully wearable and portable Objective data – enhances patient outcomes	7547
Integrated Alkali Dispenser Collimator	Precise: Reducing the “spread” of vapor via collimation can reduce potential signal-to-noise ratio degradation and avoid contamination of nearby electronic components. Simple: Generating a directed atomic beam from the dispenser can be achieved via integrated packaging. Cooler: Placing a spacer material between the dispenser and collimator creates a sealed gap that not only prevents leakage, but also allows the vapor to cool (via rapid thermalization with the collimator plate).	8872
Integrated Cascaded Atomic Beam	Reduced cost – due to fabrication techniques that enable mass manufacture and spread of technology Increased generation of collimated atomic beams – due to the miniaturizing of clocks Maximized accuracy of the clock – by improving signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)	7917
Integrated Force Sensing for Probe Microscopy	Optimization of the optical detection sensitivity in air or liquid Mini AFM configuration able to form images in very small volumes Multi-tip nanosensors with simultaneous, multifunctional capabilities	3527
Integrating Electrical Sensors into Soft-Lithography Microfluidic Devices	Sophisticated: Advances the integration of electrical sensors on microfluidic devices with a simple, approachable solution Sensitive: Demonstrates a higher signal sensitivity than electrodes in a typical coplanar arrangement Adaptable: Allows for greater layout flexibility because of its straightforward fabrication process	7769
Intelligent Eye-Tracking System Offers Next-Gen Technology for Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) Applications	This system uses an AI accelerator chip with 4X higher throughput to achieve over 300 FPS, greatly improving processing speed without loss of accuracy. EyeCoD achieves faster communication time by using a lens-less camera that reduces distance between the camera and the accelerator chip. Using a “predict-then-focus” model, this system creates highly accurate images as well as improves visual privacy.	9202
Interfering RNA Production and Delivery Using Virus-Like Particles	Inexpensive, rapid, adaptable, and reliable in vivo system for sequestering and packaging of iRNAs Flexible, for long or short, single-stranded or double-stranded iRNA of any sequence Efficiently delivers iRNA to biological targets; VLP-iRNAs are readily taken up by many cell types	6427
Internet of Space Things	Comprehensive: Provides a fully integrated cyber-physical system that allows for active sensing, passive sensing, and data communications Robust: Offers a dynamic and scalable network configuration with a centralized control that enables and simplifies data aggregation Cost effective: Permits highly differentiated networking capabilities to be integrated and deployed over the same network infrastructure, using CubeSats to decrease costs	7957, 7958
Intracellular Anticancer Delivery	Self-assembling: Forms an organized structure in water at room temperature Nano-scale: Approximately 35 nm, ideal for intracellular uptake Versatile: Can be used with any antibody	7174
Inverted Organoids for Breast Cancer and Other Invasion Studies	Innovative: Serves as a convenient platform for studying the invasive abilities of breast cancer cells Stable: Enables formation of large inverted organoids where the basement membrane forms on the interior surface alongside a breast cell line epithelium Flexible: Allows for long-term studies of at least 25 days due to the robust maintenance of the inverted orientation	8460